Italian Wine – Region by Region
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Wine is a must on Italian tables!
Red, white, rosè or sparkling, there is always a good excuse to gather around a table while sipping a glass of wine.
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Italy is known for its rich wine culture, producing some of the world’s most famous wines. Form the rolling hills of Tuscany to the vineyards of Piedmont, each region has its own unique grape varieties and winemaking traditions.
Here is a list of what you can find in each Italian region, the most popular varieties but each region has many more:
Typical wine of Northern Italy
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Friuli Venezia Giulia
Red wine: Refosco
White wine: Picolit
Liguria
Red wine: Ormeasco
White wine: Vermentino
Lombardy
Red wine: Grumello
White wine: Franciacorta
Piemonte
Red wine: Barolo
White wine: Moscato
Trentino Alto Adige
Red wine: Merlot
White wine: Chardonnay
Valle D’Aosta
Red wine: Arnad Montjovet
White wine: Blanc de Morgex et de la Salle
Veneto
Red wine: Amarone della Valpolicella
White wine: Prosecco
Typical wine of Central Italy
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Abruzzo
Red wine: Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
White wine: Trebbiano d’Abruzzo
Lazio
Red wine: Aprilia
White wine: Zagarolo
Marche
Red wine: Rosso Piceno
White wine: Falerio dei Colli Ascolani
Red wine: Chianti
White wine: Vernaccia di San Gimignano
Emilia-Romagna
Red wine: Lambrusco
White wine: Trebbiano Romagnolo
Red wine: Vino Sagrantino di Montefalco
White wine: Assisi Grechetto
Typical wine of Southern Italy
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Basilicata
Red wine: Rosso della Basilicata
White wine: Bianco Malvasia
Calabria
Red wine: Ciró
White wine: Greco di Bianco
Campania
Red wine: Taurasi
White wine: Solopaca
Molise
Red wine: Pentro
White wine: Biferno
Red wine: Primitivo di Manduria
White wine: Gravina
Red wine: Marsala
White wine: Moscato Passito di Pantelleria
Sardinia
Red wine: Cannonau
White wine: Vermentino di Gallura
